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21 May
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51 – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta

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By TIM TALLEY Associated Press MOORE, Okla. (AP) - A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 people about 10 miles south of the city. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken...

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19 May
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2-year-old girl found safe in Arkansas, father arrested – Atlanta News … – MyFox Atlanta

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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - A 2-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her father in Sandy Springs was found in Arkansas on Friday, police said.According to police, Sorelle Torrez was taken from her mother at the Chastain Apartments on Roswell Road just after 8 a.m. Friday.Sandy Springs police say the girl's father, 30-year-old Zeb Lockett, approached her mother, Natalie Torrez, while she was dropping her child off at her babysitter's apartment complex.  They say he pushed the mother from her vehicle and fled with the little girl inside.  "He ran behind me, pushed me in the car, pushed me on the floor of...

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14 May
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Part 2: CBS Atlanta News reveals hospital bill secrets – WGCL Atlanta

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ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) - Insured or not, you could pay the price the next time you check into a hospital. Opening your bill after receiving treatment can be a tough pill to swallow. High hospital bills impact all of us. Even if you have insurance, there's a good chance you're going to get socked with a hefty bill and be responsible for part of it. Leslie Whaley was diagnosed with Lupus Nephritis, an autoimmune disease that affects her kidneys, and once a month she receives treatment at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. "My first treatment when I received a bill tells me it was $ ...

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08 May
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Saga of Boston marathon suspect’s body drags on – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta

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By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he could be buried. On Wednesday, police in Worcester, west of Boston, pleaded for a resolution, saying they were spending tens of thousands of dollars to protect the funeral home where his body is being kept amid protests. "We are not barbarians," police Chief Gary Gemme said. "We bury the dead." Tsarnaev was fatally wounded in Watertown, just outside Boston, after police confronted him in a stolen car....

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06 May
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Bride, 4 others die in limo fire on Calif. bridge – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta

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By JOHN S. MARSHALL Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A newlywed bride was celebrating a night out with friends when the limousine they were in erupted in flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, killing the bride and four other women who were trapped inside and injuring four who escaped, authorities and her family said Sunday. The driver, who was not hurt, told investigators he was driving the women on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge Saturday night when one of them complained of smoke inside the passenger compartment, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said. He said he pulled over, got out, and saw...

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03 May
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US orders new visa reviews for arriving students – MyFox Atlanta

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By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents "effective immediately" to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The new procedure is the government's first security change directly related to the Boston bombings. The order from a senior official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, David J. Murphy, was circulated Thursday and came one day after the Obama administration acknowledged that a student from Kazakhstan accused of hiding evidence for one of the Boston bombing suspects...

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28 April
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Henry Co. boy, 14, struck by police car while on bike – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta

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MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say a 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a police car in metro Atlanta. A spokesperson for the Georgia State Patrol tells FOX 5 News that a Henry County police officer hit Chandler Jacob Weems of McDonough with a patrol car as the teenager was exiting a driveway on his bicycle Saturday afternoon. Henry County police Sgt. Joey Smith says the officer "could not avoid the accident," which happened as he was going on duty. Smith says the officer, identified as Denise Allyson Romano, is "very distraught." The injured boy was air-lifted to Children's...

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